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部
bù
1. ministry
2. department
3. chapter
4. part
5. division
6. troops
7. board
8. classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

部
bù
department, ministry; division, unit; part, section
HSK 4 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

部位
bùwèi
position
HSK 6
面部
miànbù
face (body part)
胸部
xiōngbù
chest
部件
bùjiàn
part
部门
bùmén
department
HSK 5
集部
jíbù
non-canonical text
文部
Wénbù
Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county [[尼瑪縣|尼玛县<Nímǎxiàn>]], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet
背部
bèibù
back (rear part of the torso)
腹部
fùbù
abdomen
部下
bùxià
troops under one's command
部属
bùshǔ
troops under one's command
部长
bùzhǎng
head of a (government etc) department
部类
bùlèi
category
队部
duìbù
office
后部
hòubù
back chapter
支部
zhībù
branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party
残部
cánbù
defeated remnants
总部
zǒngbù
general headquarters
外部
wàibù
external part
腰部
yāobù
waist

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
83
Word Frequency Rank
328 of 84,292

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